The Federal government of Nigeria has blocked websites created during the #endsars protest and in the country, Nation Naija understands.

These websites are created to serve as a medium of information to Nigerians and the world following the protest.



However, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) on Tuesday have condemned the blocking of websites associated with End SARS protests by the Nigerian authorities.

The websites, www.feministcoalition2020.com, www.endsars.com, and www.radioisiaq.com, are currently down in Nigeria but accessible from other countries.



In a communique released by the Media Rights Agency it described the action of the government a dictatorship and a brazen violation of the operators’ rights, as well as suppression of Nigerians who get information from the platforms.

Chioma Nwaodike, Head of Legal Department, MRA revealed that the blocking of the websites cannot be a proportionate response to any offensive content that any of them may have published.

In the statement, “A usual feature of governments that are leaning towards extreme dictatorship is what the situation is” he said

“Even if the operators of the websites have committed any offence, by blocking the websites without reference to the courts or the due process of law, the Nigerian government has constituted itself into an accuser, a judge and executioner”

“The government is very wrong for going down a frightening path by adopting a highhanded measure of maintaining an information blackout in a democratic country”. The Statement added.
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Source: https://nationnaija.com.ng/federal-government-blocks-endsars-websites/